UI-Webserver

1/29/11 Update - the UI-View maps quit working and thus the Webserver display. A simple update and refocus of the _PA7RHM map server using the updater was all that was necessary to fix it. We still need a source of local or cached maps but this keeps things going. BV

This is an update of a preliminary post on using UI-Webserver and the start of more detailed information describing how to use UI-Webserver, a component of the UI-View APRS package. For now, my notes are preserved on the NWAPRS WikiDot Wiki.

I'd post the link to the UI-Webserver here but I'm not quite ready to advertise that little web server up to the wilds of the World Wide Web.

Next project - learn how to use the Object editor to share the UI-Webserver URL on the APRS system with a slight obfuscation so the links are not plain text and thus easily open to everybody and everybot.

7/25/2011 - turn on the UI-Webserver. Running UI-View32 - File menu, click "UI-Webserver". Check the settings to make sure it's running on port 7373. It doesn't have to be 7373 but that's a convention a few of us are using and it's working well.

10/15/2011 - Added a live, even if captured, map to the main page to display on the web what the UI-View program is seeing.

10/16/2011 - Added the time stamp to the captured image. It was a simple matter of adding an additional event to the scheduler to apply the time stamp to each captured image. The help for for the captioner had the specific details needed.

Tracking the Home Station

Yes - there are uses for a GPS on the home packet radio station.... Least of which is tracking the house after an earthquake.

(lots to be added)

GPS 353 from Amazon.

Tried at Brunch. Bob did it first and everything worked fine on his laptop and my little white ASUS netbook.

Thanks to Bob/K7OFT for the reference to Visual GPS - it's a handy too.

Put on KVID - the packet machine.

Hard time getting lock in the window. Still need to find a better location for it.

(more to be added)

Still cannot get XPORT working. My goal is to get the GPS data from the USB Prolific device on Com port 19 and share that on, at least, COM ports 7 and 8. Currently XPORT reads the GPS just fine but it thinks ports 7 and 8 are in use. I've tried several techniques to clear up those ports but haven't had any success yet.

* http://www.modemsite.com/56k/xptip.asp

* http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/80943-45-remove-ports

I'll try later with a safe boot and remove the extra devices. For now I'm running with UI-View directly reading the GPS on Com 7. The Red Cross hairs are showing on the map. I've see to see how the time update function works. I manually added 8 hours delta from GMZ to PST and will have to change it if it's not correct.

(more soon)

New Project Starting - Portable Server with Packet

I've long sought the practical portal group server with Ham Radio Packet and Wifi access for the various brunches and ham fest meetings.   The plan and tasks for Revision A (or W?) of the server have been assigned a list in the Remember The Milk task tool.   Stay tuned to this blog page for updates and details.

Bill